MS Dhoni, born on July 7, 1981, is unarguably the finest finisher the world has seen. Though Michael Bevan made a name as a clinical finisher in the bygone past, Dhoni revolutionised the approach to chasing and has surpassed the Australian with his remarkable feats. In 82 successful pursuits in One-Day Internationals (ODI), Dhoni averages an impressive 109.19 with two tons and 15 fifties. 1. A warning to all teams…
Play 02:28 Plan was to play lesser dot balls – Kohli After two low scores, and perhaps more pertinently two similar dismissals, it had seemed like West Indies were zeroing in on a weakness in Virat Kohli‘s game. The Indian captain fell for 3 and 11 in North Sound, fending and hooking at short balls in an attempt to take the attack to the opposition before he was settled. Such…
India 206 for 2 (Kohli 111*, Karthik 50*) beat West Indies 205 for 9 (S Hope 51, K Hope 46, Shami 4-48, Umesh 3-53) by 8 wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details Mohammed Shami finished with figures of 4 for 48 © AFP Normal service resumed in the West Indies as the hosts’ batsmen failed again – this time on a much better batting surface – and India chased 206 down with…
Leigh Kasperek got big scalps and six out of her 10 overs were maidens © ICC/Getty Images Leigh Kasperek had played all of nine ODIs – the last one in February 2016 – until Thursday and only against three oppositions – India, Sri Lanka and Australia. She made her debut nearly two years ago, but Kasperek had suffered multiple finger fractures recently and missed almost the entire international 2016-17 season…
Grant Flower, who is with the Pakistan team for the last three and a half years, is the only member of the support staff who is likely to be released by the Pakistan Cricket Board since it is believed he has not produced desired results. Former Zimbabwe batsman Grant Flower is unlikely to get an extension of his contract as batting coach when the performance of the national team support…
Joe Root, after becoming the second youngest player to lead England, becomes sixth English player to hit a hundred on captaincy debut and joins the likes of Archie McLaren, Allan Lamb, Andrew Strauss, Kevin Pietersen and Alastair Cook. Joe Root becomes sixth England player to hit a hundred on captaincy debut. Root, who took over the captaincy role from Alastair Cook after England’s series defeat in India, joins the likes…
Sri Lanka chased down Zimbabwe’s 311-run target with ease, thanks to centuries from openers Niroshan Dickwella and Dhanuska Gunathilaka, who also shared a 229-run stand. Zimbabwe posted a big total thanks to Hamilton Masakadza’s ton. In 295 one-day internationals before the Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe series began, no team had chased the 300-plus total in Sri Lanka. Now, it has happened twice in one week. First Zimbabwe in the first ODI and…
Arjun Tendulkar, who was bowling during the practice session of England as they prepared for the five-day game against the Proteas, saw his first delivery to Jonny Bairstow lead to the accident as the wicket-keeper was pinned on the foot by a yorker Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun gave an injury scare to England wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow ahead of the first Test against South Africa at Lord’s. Arjun, who is 17-years…
Surrey 483 (Burns 219*) and 166 for 3 dec (Burns 68) drew with Hampshire 648 for 7 dec (Bailey 161, Adams 144, Vince 104)Scorecard Play 01:15 Championship round-up: Rory’s marathon Fly from London to Bogota. Watch 14 episodes of House of Cards. Listen to all of the Beatles albums. These are many ways to occupy 756 minutes of time. Or, if you are Rory Burns, you can just bat at…
Jadhav’s tricks claim Mohammed How difficult is it to hit Kedar Jadhav? Ask Jason Mohammed. He bowls offbreaks, but they don’t turn; they slide away a touch, if at all. He bowls them slow, so there is no pace to work. In this match he bowled with an arm lower than Lasith Malinga’s, with the knee bending further to make his release even lower. Mohammed realised he couldn’t expose the…